Hand-rake



(No Model.)

W. F. DREW.

HAND RAKE.

No. 286,120. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F. DREW, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

HAND RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,120, dated October2, 1883.

Application filed September 4,1882.

(No model.)

To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known. that I, WALTER F. DREW, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofSacramento, and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hand-Rakes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of rakes having wire teeth; and ithas for its object to provide meanswhereby wire teeth and the rake-headare adapted to the easy insertion and securing of the teeth in the head,and yet to be easily removed therefrom for repairs or other purposes.

To this end my invent-ion consists in the construction and combinationof parts hereinafter described. and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved rake. Fig. 2 is a top view of a portion of the rake-head. Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section of the head, showing a tooth thereinin side elevation. Fig. 4- is a perspective outline of a single tooth,and Fig. 5 is a perspective outline of a double tooth according to myinvention.

Arepresents the rake-head, having a groove, 0, along the top sidethereof, and holes cl, leading from the bottom of the groove to thelower face of the head. This head is secured to the handle in any usualmanner.

B is the tooth, which. before inserting into the head, has a straightbody, and its top end is bent to one side, as at av, Fig. 4. v The pointof this tooth is inserted in one of the holes (I, and the tooth pusheddown until its bent top rests in the groove. Then thetooth is bent at V,forming an offset or shoulder close to the under side of the head, tokeep the tooth from working up out of the head. The sidewise bend at thetop of the tooth is for the double purpose of preventing the toothworking out of the lower side of the head, and to prevent it fromturning in the head.

Fig. 5 represents a double tooth. which is practically the same as twoteeth, Fig. 4, and is preferable thereto, as taking a little less wireand being more mechanical.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- A rakehead having holes through it, anda vertical groove in the upper side of said head joining theholes, incombination with teeth in said holes bent sidewise to rest in saidgroove and bent forward below the head, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afliX my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

XVALTER F. DREW.

NVitnesses:

ABRAHAM Wernns, James WYoKoFF.

